Thread: Dollar General Singer School Machines - $129

I had a heavy duty singer for years and I loved it, I got it in 1977, I paid 700.00 for it then, it was a top of the line machine. FYI.

They are not the Singer brand machines. You can Google these sales and read hundreds of bad reviews about these machines.

Originally Posted by malindaann

hi,
are the sales listed for new, excess school inventory of heavy duty Singers worth looking at? My local Dollar General is having a sale today. They advertise them as solid, built for heavy use machines. They also have a "teacher's" model for $199.
They are advertised as "sew and serge" with a "professional" serge stitch and it it "quilts" too.
I am looking for a second machine to do some heavier duty canvas and sunbrella stitching for some projects for my fiance.
Does anyone have experience or know what these machines are all about, especially the difference between a student and teacher model?

My advise - go on craigslist/newspaper/Goodwill and find a Singer golden oldie. Or a Pfaff 130, or Necchi Bu, or many oldies that were built long ago. A little cleaning, a little oil and these things are amazing. They will sew through heavy duty stuff. They were made so much better years ago.

Originally Posted by Judi in Ohio

My advise - go on craigslist/newspaper/Goodwill and find a Singer golden oldie. Or a Pfaff 130, or Necchi Bu, or many oldies that were built long ago. A little cleaning, a little oil and these things are amazing. They will sew through heavy duty stuff. They were made so much better years ago.

Agreed---------you can almost always find an older Singer or Brother for 25-40 dollars. A few dollars more, sometimes gets you a cabinet, too. My $25 Brother is still going strong--------after a couple years.

I would suspect that school machines have had a very hard life with students trying and learning on them. My sewing classes were great we had modern machines and one treadle. Having been taught on a treadle I loved it. No one else could manage to make it go straight and forward so I finished all my projects early.